Asteraceae FAMILY
Cirsium brevistylum
Cirsium brevistylum
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cirsium brevistylum is a prickly, annual to biennial plant growing from a taproot; it produces a basal rosette of leaves and an erect, usually unbranched flowering stem that can be from 20 - 350cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern N. America - British Colombia, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, California
HabitatCoastal meadows, marshes, swamps, riparian woodlands, moist sites in coastal scrub, chaparral, coastal woodlands, mixed conifer-hardwood forests, or coniferous forests, sea level to 1000 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].